City opening George R. Brown, multiservice centers as shelters

At Sunday’s press conference, Turner said public works listed 60 barricaded locations as of midnight.

Author:
KHOU.com Staff , KHOU

Published:
12:12 PM CDT August 27, 2017

Updated:
3:37 PM CDT August 28, 2017

Houston residents impacted by the flooding have been showing up at the George R. Brown Convention Center since Sunday night.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Sunday that the city would open multiservice centers, public libraries and the George R. Brown Convention Center as shelters for those who were forced to leave their homes due to flooding.

Several other locations have been opened up as shelters in the city of Houston, and others are being opened to help residents forced to evacuated their homes.

To assist residents, the city has 39 dump trucks, four high water vehicles and 11 boats out. The Texas Task Force has 20 high water vehicles they have deployed as well with five more expected to arrive from the Military Task Force.

Another 40 boats will be brought in from various agencies to help residents later in the day Sunday as well, according to the mayor’s office.

The mayor reminded residents to not go into their attics to escape rising waters. The city is still at risk of flood conditions through much of the coming week.